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Oh Nolan. Yu Stinker, Yu!
Hey, everyone else has a pun-ny Yu Darvish related headline going on right now. I was feeling left out. ;)
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Jon Daniels is the GM but the Rangers sneaking in under the radar to win negotiation rights with Yu Darvish when other teams were considered more highly favored was so sneaky clever that it reminded me of the Adrian Beltre deal last season, wherein I did say Nolan Ryan, you stinker…or, you know, some colorful approximation there of. And, hey, I applaud sneaky. I delight in clever. The unexpected team signing the coveted player (as long as it isn't instead of the Angels, mind you) makes me outright giggle in approving glee. I just wish those Rangers weren't so darned good at it.
Of course everyone's divided over whether the Rangers signing Darvish will ultimately be good for them or bad. Depending on who you talk to, Darvish will either be the second coming of the Phillies 2011 starting rotation, Nolan Ryan and Chris Carpenter rolled all into one pitcher…or Dice-K part deux. But, but, he's going to have a hard time adapting to the MLB, say the latter contingent…we have a different mound…a different ball…we have different philosophies on throwing before a game…He'll melt in the Texas heat…blah, blah blah. While most of that sounds like valid concerns, I just have a feeling that if Darvish agrees to terms with Texas it's all going to work out just fine for them. Lately Jon Daniels seems to have a pretty much un-erring eye for picking just the right players to fit the Rangers' needs each season and I have no reason to believe this will work out any differently…Grrrrr.
So, am I worried? Eh, I say bring it on! Even if they sign Prince Fielder too…though, understandably I am rooting for anyone who isn't the Rangers and preferably who isn't in the AL West to sign Prince Fielder, but still. Bring it. Not because I feel particularly assured of the outcome, mind you. Even if the Rangers sign an, I assume, stellar Darvish, I still say the Angels have the better starting rotation. Even with Albert Pujols on the Angels I still say that the Rangers have the stronger lineup. I think the outcome of each matchup between the two teams is anyone's guess.
No, I say bring it on because the more this offseason takes shape, the more certain I feel that almost every game the Angels and the Rangers play one another in 2012 is going to be the sort of game that everyone is posting about the next day in heavily exclamation pointed italics peppered with phrases like "Wow!," "Amazing!" and "I will tell my grandchildren about…" Okay, maybe that last phrase is exaggerating a tad…but maybe it's not. And I. Can't. Wait!
Michael Young, Young Catchers and Catching Angels Events
Michael Young? No, thanks. None for me please.
So Michael Young has had all he can stand and he can't stands no more and he's asked to be traded. I can't say that blame him really, not that I blame the Rangers either. The team is making good deals but I can only imagine what went through Young's mind when they signed Mike Napoli after he had already agreed to move to DH for Adrian Beltre…the All-State Insurance commercial with Mayhem as the distraught, dumped teenaged girl, however, does come to mind. It sounds to me like he's headed for the Rockies. Of course, the being the media's front runner hasn't meant a whole lot this offseason, so you just never know and there are other teams – and other teams fans – who want him badly.
I may be in the minority, but I don't want him for the Angels. He's a stand up, team player kind of guy and I would love to have a bat like his in the lineup. But defensively he's no better and possibly not quite as good as what we've already – which is not to say that the Angels third base options couldn't use some defensive improvement. For me, Young's bat alone doesn't justify the players we would have to give up -and then face again, and again and again in Texas – to get him. Another team could make the trade and be happier and better for it, but I just don't think the Angels are the right fit.
Young Catchers Trend Continues in 2011
MLB.com had a great article today about the large group of talented young catchers who should see some major league playing time next year. It was nice to see that the Angel's Hank Conger prominently mentioned and frequently quoted. Conger impressed me behind the plate last season. If he can find his bat against major league pitching this season and find it quickly, he could really go places. Conger was even one of four catchers included in the photo when the article was highlighted on MLB's front page this morning, before the news lit up with speculation about Pujols and Young. The photo was actually a montage of four tall, skinny photos, one of each catcher in a different crouch or catching position. Of course, when I was trying to explain this to my husband this evening, what I came up with was that it looked very Charlie's Angels, actually, but with photos instead of silhouettes and mitts instead of guns. Sadly this was apt and he knew exactly what article I was talking about from this description. We both laughed a lot.
Why must all of the fun events happen during the week?
The Angels open house? All of the press conferences? And now the Inland Empire 66ers Affiliation Celebration – celebrating the Angels new advanced A affiliation? (Basically, the Angels and Dodgers traded advanced A teams in the offseason.) I actually do get why so many of these things take place during the week but I would love to be able to go to one or two of them. Oh well, that's one of the many beauties of baseball. There is always next season.
6 Stages of Hot Stove Grief: A "Very Special" Post from TIAVSG
Today this usually lighthearted blogger must post about something serious. Hot Stove Grief or HSG, as the condition is known today, has been afflicting baseball fans for as long as there has been baseball and yet frank discussions of this serious illness have remained taboo until recently. In order to begin to bring comfort to HSG sufferers everywhere and heal the damage and upheaval this condition can cause in their relationships with uncomprehending friends and families, it is important for us all to learn to recognize the symptoms and stages of Hot Stove Grief:
Unrealistic Optimism – HSG sufferers experience a strong hope, bordering on and occasionally crossing over into belief, that their team's front office will pull off increasingly fantastical free agency signings and trade agreements, often completely unsubstantiated by prior team behavior. Just to pull a completely random example out of thin air, the belief that the Angels were going to sign Carl Crawford, Rafael Soriano and Adrian Beltre this off season, or any combination of two of them. In (also completely random) hindsight, owner Arte Moreno's end of season comments that the Angels were going to spend big and do whatever it takes to improve the team just underscores the sad fact that Hot Stove Grief does not discriminate. Even baseball owners may suffer from this potentially debilitating condition from time to time.
Bargaining – HSG sufferers begin "bargaining" with the team of their affections, offering the team, its ownership or specific members in the front office the fan's own services, heirloom jewelry, beloved vehicles, spouses and even theoretical first born children if the team will agree to fulfill the fan's Hot Stove wishes. Of course, these bargaining conversations never really take place with the team. They are HSG delusions and usually take place in the form of conversations with friends and family, loud rants and begging directed at the television set/radio/newspaper/computer screen and, even, blog posts.
Anger – Eventually the HSG stages progress to anger. This may be the hardest stage for friends and family to deal with and every sufferer expresses it differently. It is important to remain supportive and allow the HSG suffering fan to express his or her feelings. If this becomes too difficult, you might subtly suggest that fan find other outlets to burn off their anger such as boxing, chopping wood or even blogging.
Threats – Many HSG sufferers begin threatening to carry out increasingly unlikely punishments if their team does not comply with the HSG sufferer's Hot Stove wishes. Common threats include non-renewal of season tickets, never going to see a game again, renouncing one's fanship entirely, burning prized team related possessions and even starting to root for the team's most hated rival. As with the bargaining stage, the threat conversations never actually take place with the team in question.
Rationalization – In this stage, HSG sufferers begin to comfort themselves that the reason their team failed to make the Hot Stove move they were hoping for is part of some obscure, larger strategy and that surely an even better Hot Stove deal is imminent. Over indulgence in this stage can bring about a relapse where fans repeat the Anger and Threats stages. While there is some controversy among HSG researchers about whether Rationalization is its own unique stage or is simply one expression of the Unrealistic Optimism stage and the CDC has yet to validate either theory, I feel it warranted its own mention here.
Resignation – As HSG suffering fans begin to reach the end of their grief cycle, they become resigned to the idea that their team isn't going to make any of the Hot Stove deals they had in mind. While friends and family might think the HSG afflicted fan is suffering less during this stage make no mistake, they are still experiencing a considerable amount of pain. Fans at this stage feel may a slight disconnect with their team and possibly even less passion for them. They may actually view the beginning of the new baseball season with a certain amount of apprehension and even dread. And what could be more painful than that?
Grudging Acceptance – At this stage the HSG suffering fan is still very unhappy with their team's Hot Stove decisions or lack their of, but has accepted that there is nothing the he or she can do about said decisions and begins to move on. The fan is now able to enjoy interactions with their team again. This is the crucial breakthrough stage in HSG. Once the suffering fan honestly begins to look forward to Spring Training the new season again, the fan is cured. However, relapse is always a possibility.
While friends and family of the HSG afflicted fan should review this outline of the grieving stages carefully, it is important for them to understand that each fan's grieving process is unique. If you have a friend or loved one who suffers from HSG, the most important thing is to remain loving and supportive. Listen when they want to rant and rave, even if you have heard it all hundreds of times before. Subtly try to involve the sufferer in activities that keep them from pouring over the trade rumors site all day long. But never, under any circumstances, should you try to sever the sufferer's relationship with their team of choice. However much it may seem like you are doing them a kindness at the time, removing an HSG suffering fan from all contact with their team has been known to produce a severe catatonic state and sometimes even death.
Thank you very much for your time today. I now return you to your regularly scheduled MLBlogs programming.
Well that was a little longer in between posts than intended! No, the reason was not actually Hot Stove Grief. I have managed my personal bout with this illness admirably – made it to work every day, attended social functions and everything! Besides, I am coming to the end of my personal Hot Stove Grief. Barring any unforeseen set backs *glares at Angels Front Office* grudging acceptance is just around the corner. No, I have been putting in late nights and wee hours of the mornings all week finishing the latest stage in a policy writing project for work. Work – curse of the drinking (and apparently blogging) classes and all that. ;)
"Nothing Is Remotely Imminent" eh?
I guess I'll let Nolan Ryan off on a technicality. I mean there isn't a whole lot that's remote in the 48 hour distance between that statement and a signed contract now is there? No, that pretty much is just imminent. What was it I was saying a few weeks ago about the different front offices playing a little too much Diplomacy this off season? If I were actually sitting in on this particular game of Diplomacy I might say well played in addition to growling less sportsmanlike comments but, as it is, I'm just growling.
So Adrian Beltre is a Ranger and the Angels missed the boat again. I understand that the free agent market got outrageously expensive again this year. Under normal circumstances, I think sticking to one's principals is laudable but, right now, claiming to stick to their principals just looks like the Angels front office is making a piss poor excuse for terrible performance. We didn't strike out this off season, we barely even bothered to step up to the plate. And they better not start carting out Takahashi and Downs again like those signings make for a fine off season on their own and anything else would just have been gravy. Those signings were a great start, alas apparently on a road to nowhere. When nothing else followed, just admit that you messed up. That way you only look really stupid instead of abysmally stupid.
If I am being rational, I know this isn't the absolute end of the world. If I am being rational, I know that there is no one player who is the answer for us in a vacuum without any other changes. If we had landed Beltre and, defying all reason, the rest of bats went missing for most of the season again, a season with only Beltre and Weaver consistently performing to expectations isn't going to be any prettier than one where Weaver more or less consistently performed to expectations alone. If the bats actually show up, I think the team that hits the field in 2011, as it stands right now, is a better team than the one that hit the field in 2010. Rationally though, I really don't know if that is enough.
Again, if I'm being rational, it's a long season and we haven't started Spring Training yet. Everybody has to play 162 games, blah, blah, blah and all of the other clichés. But, seriously, a lot can happen in that amount of time, especially in California baseball. My sister and I have always said that no one, but no can snatch victory from the jaws of defeat (or, sadly, defeat from the jaws of victory but let's not go there right now) in the most unexpected of ways like California baseball teams. Angels, Dodgers, Giants, A's and Padres fans, you all know what I'm talking about. And tomorrow…okay maybe by next week, I will probably truly believe all of this and the other hopeful posts I have made on this blog again.
But tonight I don't feel like being rational. I am angry, enough so that I didn't so much type this as I beat and pounded it into the keyboard. Whether or not Beltre was the answer, I just wanted something, anything to point at and say, look, the front office is really trying this off season instead of well, just being trying.
Rumors, Bloody Rumors + Giants/Dodgers Family Hijinks
The Rangers signed Beltre, except for the fact that they didn't. That was totally a rumor. No wait, new rumors from more credible sources say that it's the second rumor that was only a rumor. Beltre is signing on the Rangers' dotted line right now. But wait, no. The people who are responsible for the rumor that the rumor about the first rumor being only a rumor was really just a rumor too, are now also guilty of spreading a rumor. Moose bites hurt. A lot. And now for something completely different…
This is the Hot Stove news I read on my Blackberry as we left a family holiday party this evening. And, yes, because I came in on the tail end of all of the rumor and counter rumor, to me it really did sound that Python-esque. The final word on all of the rumors? According to MLB.com, the Rangers do not have a deal with Beltre, nor is a deal imminent. The article goes on to quote Nolan Ryan this evening saying "As of right now, Michael Young is our third baseman. We haven't done anything." While I tend to think that, with Young's bat and glove at third base, the Rangers wouldn't really be interested in Beltre at this price, I did notice that Ryan's no isn't exactly a long term no and it's not like the Rangers haven't asked Young to switch positions for someone else before. I believe that MLB.com's article is the final word on Beltre and the Rangers today but Monday? Tuesday? Wednesday? Next week? Who knows.
The family holiday party this evening was our annual post Christmas get together with my mother's side of the family. The Giants cousins come down from Merced and Fresno and the Dodgers cousins come from all over L.A. and Orange County and then there are my husband and I. Surprisingly, baseball is not usually a big topic of conversation. This year, of course, it was not to be avoided.
I was pleased to see one cousin from Merced whom I have not seen in about two years because he's been very ill. He's recently recovered almost completely. "Oh I'm feeling so much better and it's the strangest thing. Do you know what the turning point was? Game 6!" I had to laugh and congratulate him, of course. And that was pretty much the tone for the evening. My cousins are still so ecstatic and cute over the Giants win that I can't help but be happy for them all over again. Of course, they're still a little chip on their shoulders over the Giants' champion status. Mentions of the Angels or 2002 still bring about hissing – yes, literal hissing – and a chorus of too soon, too soon. They're a little sensitive about the Dodgers rivalry too, all of which kept me in stitches for large portions of the evening.
My dad picked up on this, I think, because during a discussion about baseball announcers, he pounced. One cousin mentioned that he likes the Giants radio announcers so much, he will gladly put up with the delay in order to hear the radio broadcast while he watches the game muted on TV. My father got this mischievous twinkle in eye and said that, over the years, he's done the same thing with Vin Scully's broadcasts…after the Dodgers beat the Giants and head into the post season. My cousin started to sputter angrily about the Dodgers bad season and how he expects the same from them next year and so on, until he realized everyone else was cracking up on both sides of the fan divide, including my father. Then the conversation became playful and teasing again. You simply can't let family get your goat that easily.
I may have been laughing the loudest of anyone. I don't think I have ever seen my father talk trash before. But he and my mother were high school sweethearts so he has known all of these cousins, her cousins, since they were in high school and, in some cases, much, much younger. I think I just got a tiny glimpse of what they were all like getting together as kids and that was neat to see. Family and baseball both have the power to take even the most grown up among us back to the carefree silliness of our childhood and thank Heaven for that!
Angels 2010 Top 10 – No I Don't Mean This List Satirically
With only one day left in 2010, I believe it is customary to make a top 10 or some other sort of retrospective list. I don't recall any actual written rule to this effect in the Big Book of Blogging Rules, wherever that may be, but it hey, the end of the year just cries out for such things, doesn't it? So why buck tradition? If finding 10 things in this season of all seasons that make me happy to be an Angels fan makes me the unrepentant Pollyanna of Angels baseball, well, I did choose the handle Blithescribe after all *big grin*. In no particular order, here are my personal 10 favorite things about Angels baseball in 2010:
Jered Weaver – Angels fans were all so very worried about who could step up and fill the ace's shoes with Lackey headed for the Red Sox. That seems so wonderfully silly now! I actually wasn't that worried. I didn't know he would step up so fully this season, but I did remember that post season game against the Yankees in 2009 when Weaver became the 8th inning set up man in a moment of need and he came in looking like a steely eyed gunslinger and sat them down one, two, three. I remember standing up and cheering in my living room and thinking future ace. And to be the AL strikeout leader in 2010, icing on the cake! Now let's get this man some run support in 2011 shall we.
Signing Dan Haren – This was one of those, really, we got him? Way to go Reagins! moments. A second ace to add to the rotation, he was an absolute pleasure to watch in 2010 and finished his partial season here with a 2.87 ERA and a 1.16 WHIP. I hope that these stats are indicative of what we can expect to see in 2011. The fact that we happened to be there for his first (Where he took the Youk line drive to the pitching arm, ouch!) and second starts made this extra fun for me.
7/31 and 8/1 against the Rangers – Both were absolute, bare knuckled brawls of a game, the Angels were in top form, and we had tickets to both for our anniversary – this lady demands diamonds on such occasions, natch ;) The Rangers won the first game, but the second was Weaver vs. Cliff Lee, the Angels pulled it off and it was quite possibly the best game I have seen from a stadium.
Players Doing What's Best for the Team – Torii moving to right field so the Angels could bring Bourjos into center; Napoli taking over first base and doing a darned good job at it really, after Kendry's injury when he hadn't played first base since the minors; both were selfless, team spirited moves and, to my mind, damn clutch.
The Month of June – Instead of crumpling in the aftermath of Kendry's season ending injury, the team cowboyed up and played like, well, like the Angels for the month of June and it was a beautiful thing to see…and then they crumpled. Would that the June play had lasted the rest of the year.
Peter Bourjos – It was such a breath of fresh air to watch this young bundle of talent and enthusiasm move up to the majors. And you've all heard it hundreds of time by now, but oh my God is this kid fast. In the games we attended alone I saw him rob four homeruns and turn two sure thing out bloopers to the short stop into a base hits. And he's smart on the bases and out in the field too. He's not perfect. He's definitely a rookie so there were a few issues, primarily with his offense but he seemed to be improving by small increments with each at bat and I for one really look forward to watching him blossom into a full blown All Star in 2011.
Getting to See the Rookie Call-Ups in Action – While it would have been better if the Angles were in contention for a post season and the rookie call-ups mostly sat on the bench, the way things worked out it was a lot of fun to be there at the Big A for to see so many of their firsts – Conger, Trumbo and Romine's first at bats, their first turns on defense. As with Bourjos, it was a bright spot to see so much youthful enthusiasm on the field, and I think we'll be seeing Conger and Romine again, Conger quite soon.
16 Games! – My husband and I managed to go to 16 games this year. We typically watch between 100 and 130 of the games in some fashion, mostly on TV but this is the first time we've made it to the Big A, which is oh so much better, for so many. No, this is not earth shattering for Angels baseball as a whole, but it was a big deal in terms of my personal fan experience.
The Growth of the Friday Night Ritual – this is another one that would only matter in my house. A good bottle of wine, a gourmet dinner from our own kitchen and Angels baseball became what we called the Friday Night Ritual. It's fun, companionable, affordable and this year we grew to love it to the point where we turned down all other invitations…'tis such a fine, fine line between the fanatic and fan!
Personal Firsts – Kendry's exhibition game grand slam against the Dodgers was the first grand slam my husband had ever seen live at a stadium – he didn't go to as many Dodger games as I did as a kid ;). This was the first year I timed the tickets such that I got to see Weaver pitch at the stadium and honestly, you can't really appreciate the sheer amount of ground this 6′ 7″ talented stork of a man covers and the deceptiveness of his delivery until you've seen it at the game. The first time either of us was there for an entire series – the last homestand against the A's, many, many thanks to D for his generosity in just handing my husband the season tickets, this game and so many others. And the list goes on…
Suffice to say, yes it was a dismal season. But there were bright spots and enjoyable times for me at least and I for one am ready to call clean cup move down and see what the 2011 season brings…ideally Adrian Beltre but, if not, I am still eager to see what the Angels can do.
Sports Radio GaGa
The Sports Lodge, our Orange and Los Angeles County morning sports radio show (broadcast from KLAA out of Angels stadium, for full disclosure) turned the daily One on One segment over to the listeners today. This is a semiweekly occurrence, as host Roger Lodge sees fit, where a usually divisive question is posed and listeners ad invited to call the show and weigh in. Today's question was prompted by Arte Moreno's comments to the Los Angeles Times that if he increased the Angles offers for high end free agents to the levels other teams have paid, it would necessitate raising ticket prices and he is unwilling to do that. So, Lodge's question to the listeners: Would you rather raise ticket prices, land a big name free agent like an Adrian Beltre and have a real shot at being championship team? Or, keep ticket prices the same as they are right now and watch the same below .500 result you watched last year?
I wish I was able to hear the listeners responses but my car has the wimpiest antenna known to man and, per its usual, it refused to pick up am radio from the point in my commute when Lodge finished his funny Devil's advocate spiel until moments before I pulled into the parking lot at work. Gee, thanks car. Had I a chance to call in I would have teased Lodge about the question itself (which was probably part of why he phrased it that way, truth be told) which I think was based on three pieces of false logic:
1) The 2010 Angels were a bad, sub .500 team that cannot improve without a big name free agency signing. Last year was bad, really bad. But all that bad was the result of bad performances, not a bad team (an important nuance to my way of thinking) and more than a little bad luck on top of it. Bad performances from otherwise good players, even season long bad performances, can improve. With bad players, this would be far less likely. Can this season's bad performances improve without outside help? Yes! If the entire roster had just batted at their normal batting averages this season, for one thing, we would have won a lot of the games we lost this year. Will performances improve without outside help? God I hope so. There are no guarantees, but it doesn't seem too farfetched to expect most of the players to return to playing to their normal capability, which would be a big improvement. And we get Kendry back, which is another improvement in and of itself and mitigates the bad luck factor.
2) Small changes addressing specific problems will not do anything to improve that situation. I think we need a few more changes to address additional weak spots on the team, of course, but one of our bigger problems last year was the Arson Squad Bullpen part deux. Signing Downs and Takahashi will definitely improve that situation and, while I don't think this is the entire fix by a long shot, it's an important improvement all the same.
3) A single big name free agency signing can turn a bad sub .500 team into a championship team. I had the most issues with this question premise. I do not believe that one player can elevate a truly poor team into a great team. Does anyone really think that with the Jayson Werth signing the Nationals are going to take the NL East next year? No, but for a team like the Red Sox who were so close, but not close enough last year, signing Carl Crawford might make enough of a difference to justify the expense.
I see the Angles, playing at the level the current roster is capable of playing at, as being a lot closer to the Red Sox example than to the Nationals example and, in that sense, I think a big name free agency signing could definitely help us rise back to the level of championship team. But I take issue with the idea that without such a signing, nothing else matters and we're back to a below .500 performance in 2011.
So . What are your thoughts on the possibilities of a single big name free agent turning a bad team around? Or on my musings on bad team vs. bad performances as it relates to the Angels or just in general?
And on the Adrian Beltre front? Well, it's the Angels rumor mill hokey pokey – We put the right bid in, we pulled it right back out, wait we put a new bid in, no we threw the whole thing out. The rumor mill hokey pokey sure turns stuff all around. Darned if anyone knows who really knows what it's all about. ;)
Strange Things Are Afoot at the Big A
Friday, in an interview with the L.A. Times, Angels Owner Arte Moreno stated that the Angles had made a quote, unquote significant offer to Adrian Beltre. In the article (linked above) the Times speculates that the offer was in the vicinity of 5 years and $70 million and was likely to be the Angels final offer. This was such an uncharacteristic statement from anyone in the Angels notoriously tight lipped front office, let alone from Moreno, that I've been waiting with interest to see what if anything came of this announcement over the weekend. When I read between the lines – always a dangerous and unscientific pastime but, seriously, who can resist? – I think Moreno is saying the Angels don't expect to be able to land Beltre but, he's aware that a vocal percentage of the fanbase perceives the front office as being overly passive and bungling the deal with Carl Crawford and he wants to avoid incurring that same perception with Beltre.
Sure enough, today there is talk that Beltre rejected that supposedly final Angles offer and that's likely to be the end of that…of course talk is just talk until contracts are actually signed and a lot of the talk this hot stove season has been dead wrong. Carl Crawford? Cliff Lee? Need I say more? But in this case the predictions and rumors interest me far less than the fact that Moreno said anything at all in the middle of the negotiations. I think that fans' anger and frustration is getting to him and, I would imagine, to the rest of the front office as well, especially in light of the money is no object promises for change Moreno made at the end of last season. Well, good…maybe…depending on the front office's response. Frustrated action good. Frustrated kneejerk reaction, bad.
Note that I speak of the fans' anger and frustration in the third person. Me? I'm not thrilled with the way the offseason has gone so far but I'm also not crying gloom and doom just yet, apart from a few shocked sarcastic comments as each new development broke, of course. Kendry coming back to all reports as good as new is a big deal and already an improvement over last year. His is an impressive bat and often shields and inspires other bats in the lineup. The deals the Angels have made this off season have strengthened the Bullpen which was a major issue last year. Do I want more? Of course? Would I feel better about next season if we had an additional big bat or two or a new younger guy in left field? Very much so. Would I feel better if we could resolve the strange platoon of partial skill sets at third base? Double hell yeah on that one. But if Beltre is out of the picture, who is left who would be a good fit? And if the answer is no one just yet, I'm far from ready to give up on the whole 2011 season in December 2010, thank you very much. Which brings me to the rest of the weirdness seemingly swirling around the Big A…
There is a lot of new discussion about the Angles going after Scott Podsednik or Johnny Damon if they can't land Adrian Beltre. More typically, none of it is from the front office this time, so who knows how true any of it is. But I don't like the idea of either player for us really. Nothing against either one, but we already have two left fielders in their 30's with good gloves but slowing feet and diminishing range, and Abreu can also bat leadoff and/or be the DH. I would like the Angels to use Juan Rivera a lot less but it doesn't seem like either Podsednik or Damon would be that much of an improvement. True, we do need a DH now, but I prefer the idea of looking for some more speed in left field (and on the base paths) and moving Bobby into the DH role rather than platooning or replacing him with someone with basically the same pros and cons. Who is the answer? Darned if I know. Luckily, I only have to comment on the outcome of the decisions. I don't actually have to make them.


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Released: Jan 01st, 1996
Running Time: 85
Director: Mitch Spinelli
Company: Video Team
Patricia Kennedy, Dallas (I), Jaime Lee, Frank Towers, Lana Sands, Others, Steven Wolfe, Jonathan Morgan
Critical Rating: AAA 1/2
Genre: Feature
"Joe Eat-Her" (Alex Sanders) returns with his latest trauma. His current disaster's an infatuation with "Dr. Salmonella Demerol" (Lana Sands), which causes an addition to pizza, prompting a secret formula for "pituitary pizza," which guarantees sub-zero body fat.
Detective Jonathan Morgan warns Sanders the "muscle mob" is interested in this formula. Jonathan does Jaime Lee (no complaints), before we learn Lana's part of the conspiracy -- not that it kills Sanders' devotion. A Sanders/Sands/Morgan/Patricia Kennedy four-way provides the standout scene -- JM's look of reverence when Lana lowers herself onto him is worth watching the vid in itself, and Sanders' doggie-pounding of Lana is incendiary. Morgan can't resist a few ad-libbed quips, but they don't detract from the heat.
Worth stocking with previous Flexxx volumes; it's a great series. But -- Steven Wolfe: please burn that stars-and-stripes Speedo. Immediately.

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Released: Nov 01st, 1996
Running Time: 75
Director: Stuart Canterbury
Company: HIP Video
Tony Martino, Nick East, Crystal Gold, Kim Kataine, Kia, J.R. Carrington, Kyle Stone (I), Marc Wallice, Randi Storm, Kimberly Kummings
Critical Rating: AA 1/2
Genre: Feature
A wealthy man's daughter is abducted by a white slave trade organization. Enter our heroes. Their mission is to retrieve the girl and bring the bad guys to justice. Some of the fucking is good, especially a lesbian scene with toys and ice cubes, but mostly it's just the same old in-out, in-out. Mission: Phenomenal. Rating: Average.


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November 7, 2012 Healing with Harmony Taurus Daily Horoscope
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COLUMBIA — A Columbia woman is accused of trying to run her boyfriend over twice in one day with her 1997 Ford Contour.
Elizabeth D. Moffett, 35, tried to run over her boyfriend, Franklin Johnson, at about 2 p.m. Sunday on Jefferson Street, said Jeff Westbrook, assistant public information officer for the Columbia Police Department.
Moffett missed Johnson, instead hitting a tree and another vehicle at 1001 Jefferson St., Westbrook said. Johnson told police Moffett tried to hit him with the car earlier in the day as well. He said Moffett aimed her vehicle at him and sped up, Westbrook said.
Officers found Moffett's vehicle on Sexton Road following the incident. Officers then got a call about a woman in the area wearing only a T-shirt and underwear. Moffett was belligerent and aggressive toward officers, Westbrook said.
After being arrested, Moffett called Johnson from the police station and threatened to cut his penis off and stab him, Westbrook said.
Moffett is charged with first-degree domestic assault, resisting arrest for a felony and leaving the scene of an accident, according to Missouri Case.net.
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WHEELING - West Virginia ranks 37th among the states when it comes to child well-being, according to the 2014 Kids Count report produced by the Annie E. Casey Foundation.
The report, released Wednesday, factored four criteria: economic well-being, education, health and family and community. Kids Count used data from 2012 in its findings.
The Mountain State ranked 28th in economic well-being for children. The report split the data into four categories: children in poverty, children whose parents lack secure employment, children living in households with a high housing cost burden, and teens not in school and not working.
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Daniel Finger, left, helps Mya Callahan, 4, reach for pull-up rings at the playground near Wheeling's Heritage Port on Wednesday evening.
According to the report, West Virginia had:
- 25 percent of children living in poverty. Nationally, about 23 percent of all children live in poverty, and the poverty line in 2012 was $23,283 for a family of two adults and two children.
- 34 percent of children with parents who lack secure employment. The national average was 30 percent.
- 24 percent of children with a high housing burden, where more than 30 percent of all income goes toward housing.
- 9 percent of teens not in school and not working. The national average was 8 percent.
West Virginia continues to struggle in education, finishing 46th nationally when the following categories are considered: children not attending preschool, fourth graders not proficient in reading, eighth graders not proficient in math and high school students not graduating on time.
- 65 percent of children did not attend preschool, the third lowest percentage in the nation - only Arizona and Nevada were worse. The national average was 54 percent.
- 73 percent of fourth graders were not proficient in reading. Only New Mexico, Mississippi, Louisiana and Washington, D.C., scored worse. At the national level, 66 percent of all fourth graders are not proficient in reading, according to Kids Count.
- 76 percent of eighth graders were not proficient in math. Washington, D.C., New Mexico, Mississippi, Louisiana fared worse. Nationally, 66 percent of all eighth graders were not math proficient.
- 20 percent of high school students did not graduate on time, which matched the national average.
West Virginia children ranked 35th in health, based on low-birthweight babies (9.2 percent, national average 8 percent); children without health insurance in 2012 (4 percent, national average 7 percent); child and teen deaths per 100,000 (33 percent, national average 26 percent); and teens who abuse drugs or alcohol (6 percent, the national average).
The Mountain State came in at 33rd in family and community indicators. According to the report, 35 percent of all children are in single parent families, which hits the national average; 11 percent are in families where the household head lacks a high school diploma, compared to the national average of 15 percent; 8 percent live in high-poverty areas (13 percent nationally); and there are 44 teen births per 1,000 children, compared to the national average of 29 percent.
In Ohio, the state ranked 24th overall based on the criteria. The Buckeye State ranked 22nd in economic well-being, and 16th in education, improving in all criteria measured in that category. In health, Ohio ranked 18th, while in family and community it ranked 30th.


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If you have a massive garage filled with nearly every vehicle model known to man, what do you do with all those vintage cars and motorcycles? Well, if you're talk show host Jay Leno, you race them.
Leno founded a team, Big Dog Garage Racing, to help him bring some of his older models to the track for vintage races across the country. Previously, the team has stuck mainly to cars, but Leno has a big collection of bikes as well. This weekend, the team will be hitting Bike Fest to compete in the American Historic Racing Motorcycle Association's Bonneville Vintage Grand Prix, which includes classic models from a wide range of years.
The team will be bringing a 1976 Honda Formula 500 and 1993 Honda open two-stroke to the competition, and hope to end the day on top of the podium.
Leno and his team have previously competed in the automobile races at Miller, but this is the first time they'll be bringing the bikes. The team decided to return after their previous experiences at the track.
"The reception that the Big Dog Garage Racing Team received at Miller Motorsports Park was second to none in my 30 years in motorsport," said Ron Bermudez, the team's general manager. "The staff made us feel at home after our long trip from Jay's garage in California."


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Growing up, I had one very specific idea of what a wedding should be, and that was the wedding of Fräeulein Maria and Captain von Trapp in The Sound of Music. A chorus of singing Benedictine nuns, a cathedral-length veil, seven plucky stepchildren in attendance, and Christopher Plummer waiting at the end of the aisle to marry me: This was how a wedding should be. In my upcoming real-life wedding this summer, only one of these four dreams will come true—but I'm not going to tell you which one.
My childhood idea of getting married was, like most childhood ideas, nice for a kid but subject to some retooling for an adult. Yes, a wedding must be very special and attempt to include as many singing nuns as possible, but it also involves a lot of work and stress. "Suffering is a choice," my cool, easygoing friend advised me when I complained to him about my wedding planning. I decided then to stop venting to my cool, easygoing friends. If you're going to plan a wedding, then a certain amount of suffering is not a choice.
It took two months from the day my fiancé proposed to my first Google search for "wedding planning: how?" Now, let me interrupt myself here and share how much I hate using the word fiancé. It's so fancy, and it's hard not to sound like a jerk saying it. Which is why I will be using my own word for fiancé: gloob.
Back to my procrastination. I love my gloob very much, but loving him and loving a huge production are two different things. Let me be clear: I adore big parties. I'm fond of the dance floor, I enjoy fun cocktails, I like DJ-mandated Macarenas. But I have never planned a big party. Or any party of any size, really. In my daily life I eat mostly out of containers, often with my hands. I have trouble thinking ahead or anticipating other people's needs. This makes me a very poor candidate for planning a wedding.
I've spent a lot of time thinking about why this whole thing is so stressful. "But Ellie," I can hear you cool, easygoing readers say, "who says that you have to have a big wedding? Why not keep it intimate? Or just elope?" Cool and easygoing readers, I absolutely could do either of those things. As for the amount of work, however, I have come to the conclusion that the size and formality of a wedding do not dictate the stress levels. And elopement would cause me more anxiety than I could handle. Are you kidding me? The combination of absent friends being mad at me, a potentially fraudulent officiant, and no one there to admire my gown would be agonizing. Nope, not for me. So after all this ruminating, here's the most valuable advice I can give anyone who's planning a wedding.
DO recognize that there will be work involved.
Fräeulein Maria had Mother Superior to help her, and Captain von Trapp had the entire Imperial Navy at his beck and call. We mortals, however, have to use some elbow grease. A wedding can (and should) be magical, but this particular magic requires attentive planning and execution. Avoid my biggest tendency—procrastination—and start checking things off that list.
DON'T believe that this day is the be-all and end-all of your existence.
Other great things are going to happen in your life too. Remember the Salzburg Folk Festival? That happened after Maria and the Captain got married! Things keep getting better.
DO buy Wedding Planning for Dummies.
I swear to you, this book has been a lifesaver.
DON'T go on a diet for your wedding.
Depriving yourself of sugar or trans fats during this most stressful time is only going to make everything worse. Besides, you're just going to gain it all back on your honeymoon.
DON'T get consumed by all the details.
Organize and manage them as best you can, but be sure to see the forest for the trees. I am fully anticipating that something—perhaps many things—will not go according to plan on our actual wedding day. If some of the flowers are wilted, or there aren't enough vegetarian meals, or the priest calls me the wrong name, I will embrace these errors. Later, I will give the priest a stern talking-to. But really, who cares if the occasional peony is feeling tired?
DO take breaks along the way to spend some nice alone time with your gloob.
It's a celebration of the two of you, after all. Oh, I'm sorry, did I mention that I have a gloob? Well, I do, and he's a pretty amazing gloob. And I have high hopes for our wedding day: I'd like as many of our friends and family as possible to attend. I want a lovely ceremony followed by a delicious dinner. I want the lighting to be good and the flowers to be pretty, but honestly none of those things is as important to me as making sure everyone is having a good time. Isn't that the point? A big moment in our lives, celebrated with the people we love. And no fewer than two dozen dance contests. That sounds like a perfect day to me.
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Oct 27, 2007, 06:56 PM | #1 |
Transfer contacts from iPhone to Mac
I upgraded to leopard last night and had to format my hard drive. I lost all my contacts on my mac, but have them on the iPhone. How can I get the iPhone to transfer them to my mac?
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Oct 27, 2007, 08:13 PM | #2 |
This is exactly what I need help with also! I hope someone can help us out.
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Oct 27, 2007, 09:28 PM | #3 |
I figured it out all you need to do is sync your iphones address book and click merge when prompted.
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Oct 27, 2007, 10:01 PM | #4 |
Yep, I just figured it out a few minutes ago too! Very easy, thank goodness!
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Sep 20, 2008, 04:04 PM | #5 |
Thanks guys! That was just what I needed.
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Sep 21, 2008, 09:29 PM | #6 |
Address book and Contact List lost
I thought that when you initially sync the iPhone, the address book in the computer will replace the contact list automatically and if the address book was empty the iPhone will also be loaded and empty. That happened to me because the address book (for some unknown reason had been erased) and it erased the contact list. Apple support was contacted and they indicated that may be a problem with the iPhone 3G when syncing. Now back up the address book to the desk top every time a change has been made, ready in case this happens again.
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Mar 26, 2009, 07:40 AM | #7 |
is there any way to export or transfer contacts from iPhone to iPod Nano?
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Mar 26, 2009, 11:45 PM | #9 |
When I synced my iPhone with my Address Book (running Mac OS X) it deleted everything in my iPhone, since my address book was empty. I wanted to import the numbers from my phone to my computer as a backup.
It never prompted me to merge or anything.. just wiped my iPhone clean of numbers. This is the most frustrating thing about cell phones.. I rely on them to hold numbers for me so I never have to remember them. Any idea why this happened or how I can fix it? |
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Mar 27, 2009, 12:28 AM | #10 |
Any idea how to sync/access text messages???
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Sep 30, 2009, 08:34 PM | #11 | |
This exact thing just happened to me. Im on snow leopard now, and i keep archives of my address book, and my girlfriends too. I wanted to make a new archive today because i added about 10 new #'s since the last archive i made 2 weeks ago. i emptied the address book archive because my girls address book archive was in address book from when she did hers a few days ago. I sync in itunes, it asks me NOTHING. deletes all my contacts off the phone. I have an idea though, i bet if you just have one contact in your address book on your mac when you want to copy from your iphone to mac, it will ask if you want to merge. Does that sound like it might work? im not at my mac or i would test it. anyone want to give some insight? its pretty bad! Last edited by aphexacid; Sep 30, 2009 at 08:39 PM. |
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Feb 19, 2010, 10:17 AM | #12 |
Importing contact from iPhone to MAC address book
I am trying to merge iPhone contact list to my MAC. When I sync the iPhone it goes right into sync and ther are no prompts give in order to merge with my MAC address book. Can anyone help me?
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Feb 19, 2010, 10:21 AM | #13 |
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Feb 19, 2010, 10:26 AM | #14 |
I tried having an address in MAC address book. When I sync it still does not prompt a merge option.
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Feb 19, 2010, 12:00 PM | #16 |
You have to be careful what options you choose when syncing contacts. With Windows you can sync with Outlook, with the Mac you can sync with Address Book. Always choose merge so it doesn't wipe out your phones contacts.
If you want to upload for the first time from your computer to your phone, there is an option at the bottom of that page where you can replace what's on your phone with what's on your computer (in Outlook or Address Book). It's a one time option. I highly recommend exporting your contacts from Address Book and backing it up on another drive, or emailing the file to yourself. I've lost all my contacts before and there are a few of them I have no way of getting a hold of. (Old friends that I have no mutual friends, where I can't just call someone to get their #) |
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Feb 20, 2010, 03:42 PM | #17 |
I'm having similar issues. i just got a new macbook pro running 10.6.2. My iPhone syncs calendar, contacts and email with Exchange at work. I can't seem to get those contacts and the calendar down to my macbook.
Can someone help me? If i add something in my iCal, it moves up to my iPhone ok from my macbook, but the Exchange contacts and calendar (which is my master copy) don't come down. Any help would be appreciated. |
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Apr 28, 2010, 11:45 AM | #18 |
Mobile Me
When I was moving state to state, my phone was stolen (as if I needed another problem), and when syncing the new one, I somehow managed to wipe out the address book contents on both my MacBook and my G5; but it did install my latest backup. So I had a full address book on my iPhone but nowhere else.
I did belong to mobileme - and as often as I tried to sync, it wouldn't add to the G5 or MacBook address books. I finally went into my iPhone settings, chose to push my sync data, and included the 'merge' option for address book. Went instantly to my .mac account, and I restored my address books by syncing. BTW, I was able to track my stolen phone and turn it into an iBrick via mobileme, so between these two events, I've decided it's worth what I pay for it. Hope that helps. |
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Aug 14, 2010, 08:35 PM | #20 |
Figured Out
If you hit the info tab when you sync your iphone, theres the Sync Address Book Contacts. Worked for me
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Nov 21, 2010, 10:58 AM | #21 |
Right, So I archived all my contacts on my mac address book and then deleted them.
That in turn deleted all my mobile me contacts. So on my iphone I have no contacts under mobile me group, no contacts under mac group. My contacts are now under All contacts. WHich is the consolidated list from both. no duplicates etc. What I want to do is start fresh, with all my contacts in the same place. How do I "merge" these address books. Essentially I wanted to Replace all my mac and mobile me contacts with my "all contacts" list from my iphone. I am failing to find a way to put all my iphone contacts back onto my mac from my iphone. It simply syncs from Mac to iphone and not the other way around. I have no "merge" option? Its as if this contact list is not being seen by my mac and simply see's an empty "mac group" list. Any ideas how I can get all my contacts from my phone back to my mac? |
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Dec 8, 2010, 04:27 PM | #22 |
i dunno what everyone is talking about this merge option. And syncing is NOT two way. Syncing only syncs your iPhone to your Mac. I'm not understanding how something so simple can be so complicated. All that i need to do is put my Iphone contacts on my Mac... syncing through itunes, i do not get any sort of option to merge, and the option at the very bottom of the info tab to "replace information on this iphone" is obviously not what i want because that will delete all of my contacts. Has anyone found a solution to this?
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Dec 16, 2010, 02:40 PM | #23 |
Any resolution on this?
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Dec 30, 2010, 02:27 PM | #25 |
I think I got it!
After much turmoil, the answer is so simple.
Go to Settings, Mail, and then scan through all your accounts and make sure that the contacts switch is turned OFF for each mail account. I believe this setting overrides the address book sync with instructions to sync with mail. So once you switch it off, the address book on your mac should automatically start syncing with your iphone. hopefully this works for all of you like it just worked for me! |
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Hi, burlesque hoopers! I hope that you're enjoying a fantabulous New Year's Eve.
As I learn more about burlesque hooping, and as I slowly pull together moves that look amateur (as opposed to flat-out ridiculous, which is where I started ;)), I find that it would be tremendously helpful to get feedback from more experienced performers. However, I hesitate to post videos here, even though they don't contain any more exposed skin than you'd see at the beach. Part of the Terms of Service of Hoopcity include not posting content that is "adult in nature" (I think that's the phrase), and to me, burlesque is inherently "adult" regardless of the amount of skin exposed; I don't want to disrespect SaFire or other community members by posting such content if it's not acceptable.
Has anyone else encountered this issue? How have you gotten feedback without violating HC's Terms of Service? I want to be a responsible HC-er, but I also want to improve my burlesque moves. *grin*
Thank you for reading, and happy new year!
I have this video posted on here and have it posted over on hooping.org too.
And this is the stupid comment i got posted about it yesterday -
"I thought Hooping.org was supposed to be family oriented, since you have at least 1 member who is under 18. Thoroughly disgusted by this video of Chi chi nudity and by Hooping.org to allow it on the site. This will be my last post. Goodbye Hooping.org. "
It is true to say that due to the bad filming it could appear that im topless - im not! I have my nipples covered, oviously! I guess some people just like a drama and to over react. I feel that the above comment is a bit dramatic, esspeserly with the 'Goodbye Hooping.org.'
But on the plus side the lovely chap Philo that runs hooping.org as opened a Burlesque group which ill be co-moderating!
waw major drama! a girl in underwear!!! :) :)
I understand the underage point although I think childs see more nudity while watching TV.
but I really don't understand the "thoroughly disgusted" part, it's a really harsh comment. I don't see how you could be disgusted by an act that is obviously so full of joy of living and smiles.
this person must be really conservative or something.
but maybe we should ask Safire what she thinks about it since she is the moderator and maybe she would thinks it is too much as well and then maybe it would be possible to have PG17 sections...
much luv yall
LOL I'd just be like, "Okay, bye!" ;)
Seriously, I get hired all the time to teach Girl Scout troops and their leaders are WELL AWARE that I do hooptease, haha. Whatever. There will always be people offended by burlesque and hooptease, alike --- it's part of what makes it so fun: It's risque!
And yeah, at the end your pasties DOOOOOO kinda look like you just have bright pink nipples. ;) But I think it's just that lighting and the angle the camera was at. No big deal. I doubt most people would think you're without pasties.
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EUR/USD Forecast for the week of July 16, 2012, Technical Analysis
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The EUR/USD pair had a negative week over the last five sessions, but at the end of the week we saw buyers step in to support the common currency. The market certainly was oversold the previous week, and it is important to notice that the 1.22 level has held as support. The weekly candle is a bit of a doji, so it does suggest that there is indecision.
The great thing about this candle is that it gives us a clear trading set up. If we break the top of that, we feel that we will attempt to reach the top of the recent consolidation area at the 1.2650 level. If we break the bottom of this candle, we feel that this pair goes to 1.20 and relatively quick order.
For the longer-term trader, this is a good candle to be paying attention to for future direction. The trend is obviously to the downside, so we are will willing to be much more patient with our trades if we sell as opposed to buy. This means a larger stop loss orders, but this will allow us to take care of our position by following the overwhelmingly negative trend. As time has proven again and again, selling the euro is by far the safest position to be in.
With this being said, if we do get a buy signal we are willing to take are profits when we reach the target. As for selling, we are willing to move to breakeven once we hit the 1.20 level, in order to allow the trade to perhaps break below it. There was a bearish flag that had been broken down on the daily chart that suggested that we are going to 1.15 or so. This is the main reason why we are willing to let sell orders get a little bit more room to breathe.
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OK, we will do our best! The Facebook page is supposed to be for Fans too, and everyone's special to us!
I do agree with that... the news should be here for the fans , then updated on Facebook.
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First off, there is no way he lasts past the Giants at 15 so we would have to move up to 13-14 to get him assuming he drops that far. The price to do so would be our #22 and #53. Sitting at #13 is SF who also owns the #17 pick. At #14 is Seattle and they also own the #6 pick. Both teams need OG, OT, CB, S, and QB help but neither team needs a LB. There are tons of talent at those positions of need that would be there at #22 and #53 so with both teams having a lot of needs, picking up an extra 2nd rounder might be attractive to them. In the case of SEA they would have already made a selection in the first so to move down 8 picks for a 2nd rounder might be something of interest.
Is it possible for McClain to drop that far? I think it's possible based on the below mock. Denver would seem to be the key. I believe they will either take Dan Willimas who is the best 34 NT available or McClain. Since Josh McDaniels is a BB disciple he likely believes you build from the line out. Denver needs that run stuffing 34 NT to complete their transition to a 34 so I think it more likely they take Williams. So, if the stars align and either SF or SEA bite on the trade, McClain could become a Patriot.
PK | RD 1 | Needs | Selection |
1 | STL | QB OG DE CB WR DT OLB | Ndamukong Suh |
2 | DET | CB DE OG RB S DT K | Gerald McCoy |
3 | TB | WR OT DE OLB SS CB OG | Russell Okung |
4 | WSH | OT OG QB RB WR SS K | Sam Bradford |
5 | KC | OT SS DT CB WR OLB ILB | Trent Williams |
6 | SEA | OG OT WR ILB FS CB RB | Dez Bryant |
7 | CLE | QB DE OG OT WR ILB CB | Jason Pierre-Paul |
8 | OAK | DT OG WR QB OT DE SS | Bruce Campbell |
9 | BUF | OT QB DT WR OLB OG FS | Jimmy Clausen |
10 | JAX | DE WR CB OG OC FS DT | Derrick Morgan |
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Meanwhile back in Washinton, liberal goons are glad to take a cost of living increase in their pay while denying it to Social Security beneficiaries. And the moonbat administration is recalculating inflation to reduce future cost of living increases.
The disgraceful behavior of the politician knows no party boundaries, except in your vacuous skull.
Heh, heh, heh... still just can't tell the truth, can ya spanky.The Republican plan to avert the "fiscal cliff" that the White House rejected Monday includes at least one element that's likely to produce controversy: a proposal that would, among other things, affect the cost of living adjustment for Social Security.
7 of the 10 richest counties inthe country are surrounding Washington D.C.I would say that denying a cost of living increase is snorth-worthy within the wealthy beltway.
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The Regional Health Authority was created by an Act of Parliament in 1994 as part of Government's efforts through the Health Sector Reform Programme to decentralise the management and provision of health care in Trinidad and Tobago. Presently there are 5 RHAs – North West, North Central, South-West, Eastern and Tobago. As an entity of statute, SWRHA is governed by a non-executive Chairman and Board of Directors. SWRHA's boundaries cover more than one third of the land surface of Trinidad, extending from Freeport in the north west to Icacos in the south west, Moruga in the south east and Tabaquite in the north east. The population in this region is approximately six hundred thousand. Since its birth in 1995, the South-West Regional Health Authority has been at the forefront of innovation and development in the health services of Trinidad and Tobago, daily endeavouring to be true to its motto: "Your Partners in Health" through the quality and environment of care, both for those who utilize and supply services at our facilities. We are proud of our achievements thus far. We know that there is still much to be accomplished and therefore we promise that, given the necessary resources and time, we will continue to strive ahead, ever mindful of our mandate to provide you with the best health care possible.
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